Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-14

furious. PhysicfTDs aud Drpqgi,ly recoD1lsnf l.
Ike Genui-ss he's Trade aTar; and crossed red lines
! wrsupe-- TAKE No OTHER
opinion as to alIopethy and homeopathy;
but in this matter of trouble like homeo-
psthtC doses small pellets of annoyance
rather than some Touchdown dose OF
calamity. Instead of the thunderbOlt
give US the hornet. If you have bank
you would 3 great deal rather that fifty
men should come in with checks less than
800 than to have two dep0sitOrs come
in the same day each wanting his $4,000
In this latter case you look down st the
floor and up al the ceiling before you look
into the safe. Now, my friends, would
you not rather have these small
DRAFTS OF ANNOYANCE
on your bank OF faith than some ail-st2g
geriBg demand upon your endurance? |
want to make you so strong that you will
not surrender 10 small annOyances. In
the village Of Hamelin, tradition says,
there was au invasion of rats and these
small creatures almost deyOUred the town
and threatened the lives Of the population,
and the story is that piper came out one
day and played very sweet tune and all
the vermin followed him-fOllOWed MIN
to the banks Of the Weser, and then he
blew blast and they dropped III and dis
appeared forever. OF course this is a
fable, but l wish | could, on the sweet
flute of the gospel, draw forth all the nib
bling aud buTrOWing annOyanCes Of your
life and play them down into the depths
forever. How many touches did the
artist give to his picture Of "COtOpaXi,"
or his Heart Of the Andes?" l suppose
l.l1 IN +hn
canvas saying, "Why 90 you
keep me trembling with that
pencil so long? Why don't you put
it on in one DASH" NO" says the
artist, 81 know how to make painting;
il will take $4,000 of these touches"
And l want you, my friends, to under
stand that it is these 10000 annOyances
which, under God, are making up the
picture of your life, to be hung at last in
the galleries of heaven, fit for angels to
look at. God knows how to make q
picture.
60 into q sCulptor's studio, and see
him shaping a statue. He has chisel in
; one hand and a mallet in the other, and
, he gives q very gentle StrOke-click,
click, click! l say, "Why don't you
strike harder?" ooh" he replies, "that
:. would shatter the statue. l can't do it
that way; must do it this way" So he
works on, and after awhile the features
come out, and everybody that enters the
studio is charmed and fascinated. Well,
God has your soul under process Of de-
E velopment, and it is the little annOyanceS
AID veXatiOns Of life that are Chiseling
out your immortal nature. 1t is click,
/ click. click! l wonder why some great
/ providence does not come, and
WITH ONE STROKE
prepare you for heaven. An, no; God
says that is not the way. And so He
keeps on by strokes OF little vexstions,
; until at last you shall be q glad spectacle
for angels and for men. You know that a
: large fortune may be spent in small
I change, and a vast amount of moral
character may 60 away in small depletion.
1t is the little troubles of life that are
having more effect upon you than great
,, ones. A swarm Of lOcusts will kill q
grain field sooner than the incurslon of
three or four cattle. You say, "SinCe
lost my child, since | lost my property, |
. have been different man" But you do
. not recognize the architecture CT little
+ annOyances, that are hewing, digging,
cutting, shaping, splitting, and in
, terjOning your moral qualities. Rats
l may sink q ship. One Lucifer match
may send destruction through block OF
stOrehOuses. Catherine de MediCi got
her death from smelling q poisonous
rose. Columbus, by stopping and as ing
for g piece of bread and drink of water
at Franciscan convent, was led to the
discovery Of q new world. And there is
sn intimate connection between tTifes
and immenSities, between nOthings and
everythings.
E Now, be careful to let none of those
annoyances go through your soul unar-
raigned. Compel them to administer to
your spiritual wealth. The scratch Of q
siXpenny nail sometimes produces lock
jaw, and the Clip of q most infuitesimal
!: annoyance may damage you forever. Do
not let any annoyance or perplexity
come across your soul without its
making you better.
Our national government does not think
it belittling to put
TAX ON PINS,
and tax on buckles. and tax on shoes,
; The individual taxes do not amount to
much, but in the aggregate to millions
and millions of dollars. And l would
| have you, o Christian man, put high
tariff on every annoyance and vexation
that comes through your soul. This
might not amount to much, in single
cases, but in the aggregate it would be q
great revenue of spiritual strength and
! satisfaction. A bee can suck honey even
out of a nettle; and if you have the grace
of God in your heart, you can get sweet
ness out of that which would otherwise
irritate and annoy. a returned mission
airy told NE that company of adventur-
ers rowing up the Gauges were stung to
death by flies that infest that region at
certain seasons. l have seen the
earth strewed with the csrcasses of
men slain by insecs annoysnces. The
only way to get prepared for the great
troubles of life IS to conquer these
small troubles. What would you say
of soldier who refused to load his
gun, or to go into the conflict because it
was only skirmish, saying: liam not
going to expend my ammunition on a Skin
mish wait until there comes general
engagement and then you will see how
courageous am and what battling will